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Variational-hemivariational inequalities are an important mathematical framework for nonsmooth problems. The framework can be used to study application problems from physical sciences and engineering that involve non-smooth and even…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-10 Weimin Han , Fang Feng , Fei Wang , Jianguo Huang

Discrete Hamiltonian variational integrators are derived from Type II and Type III generating functions for symplectic maps, and in this paper we establish a variational error analysis result that relates the order of accuracy of the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-09-09 Jeremy M. Schmitt , Melvin Leok

In this paper, we investigate a sequentially decoupled numerical method for solving the fully coupled quasi-static thermo-poroelasticity problems with nonlinear convective transport. The symmetric interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-09 Fan Chen , Ming Cui , Chenguang Zhou

A multi-agent system designed to achieve distance-based shape control with flocking behavior can be seen as a mechanical system described by a Lagrangian function and subject to additional external forces. Forced variational integrators are…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-01 Leonardo Colombo , Patricio Moreno , Mengbin Ye , Hector Garcia de Marina , Ming Cao

We present a posteriori error estimates for inconsistent and non-hierarchical Galerkin methods for linear parabolic problems, allowing them to be used in conjunction with very general mesh modification for the first time. We treat schemes…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-13 Andrea Cangiani , Emmanuil H. Georgoulis , Oliver J. Sutton

This paper explores the relationship between numerical integrators and optimal control algorithms. Specifically, the performance of the differential dynamical programming (DDP) algorithm is examined when a variational integrator and a newly…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-09-13 Gerardo De La Torre , Todd Murphey

Combining the characteristic method and the local discontinuous Galerkin method with carefully constructing numerical fluxes, we design the variational formulations for the time-dependent convection-dominated Navier-Stokes equations in…

Computational Physics · Physics 2017-04-03 Shuqin Wang , Weihua Deng , Yujiang Wu , Jinyun Yuan

Geometric numerical integration has recently been exploited to design symplectic accelerated optimization algorithms by simulating the Lagrangian and Hamiltonian systems from the variational framework introduced in Wibisono et al. In this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-05-19 Valentin Duruisseaux , Melvin Leok

This paper presents a numerical approach to the stochastic obstacle problem using the stochastic Galerkin (SG) method. Due to the low regularity of the solution, linear finite elements are employed in both the physical and random variable…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-29 Chenhui Zhu , Fei Wang , Weimin Han

In the context of Discontinuous Galerkin methods, we study approximations of nonlinear variational problems associated with convex energies. We propose element-wise nonconforming finite element methods to discretize the continuous…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-02-05 Georgios Grekas , Konstantinos Koumatos , Charalambos Makridakis , Andreas Vikelis

We present a hybrid continuous and discontinuous Galerkin spectral element approximation that leverages the advantages of each approach. The continuous Galerkin approximation is used on interior element faces where the equation properties…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-14 David A. Kopriva , Gregor J. Gassner

We present geometric numerical integrators for contact flows that stem from a discretization of Herglotz' variational principle. First we show that the resulting discrete map is a contact transformation and that any contact map can be…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-11-04 Mats Vermeeren , Alessandro Bravetti , Marcello Seri

Phase fitting has been extensively used during the last years to improve the behaviour of numerical integrators on oscillatory problems. In this work, the benefits of the phase fitting technique are embedded in discrete Lagrangian…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 O. T. Kosmas , D. S. Vlachos

In this paper, we consider a geometric formalism for optimal control of underactuated mechanical systems. Our techniques are an adaptation of the classical Skinner and Rusk approach for the case of Lagrangian dynamics with higher-order…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 L. Colombo , D. Martin de Diego , M. Zuccalli

This article reviews some integrators particularly suitable for the numerical resolution of differential equations on a large time interval. Symplectic integrators are presented. Their stability on exponentially large time is shown through…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-11-26 Dina Razafindralandy , Vladimir Salnikov , Aziz Hamdouni , Ahmad Deeb

We consider numerical approximations of spectral fractional Laplace-Beltrami problems on closed surfaces. The proposed numerical algorithms rely on their Balakrishnan integral representation and consist of a sinc quadrature coupled with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-08-23 Andrea Bonito , Wenyu Lei

In this work, the benefits of the phase fitting technique are embedded in high order discrete Lagrangian integrators. The proposed methodology creates integrators with zero phase lag in a test Lagrangian in a similar way used in phase…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2009-04-02 O. T. Kosmas , D. S. Vlachos

The goal of this paper is to create a fruitful bridge between the numerical methods for approximating partial differential equations (PDEs) in fluid dynamics and the (iterative) numerical methods for dealing with the resulting large linear…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-12-15 M. Dumbser , F. Fambri , I. Furci , M. Mazza , M. Tavelli , S. Serra-Capizzano

We propose an discontinuous Galerkin local orthogonal decomposition multiscale method for convection-diffusion problems with rough, heterogeneous, and highly varying coefficients. The properties of the multiscale method and the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-09-14 Daniel Elfverson

A hybridized discontinuous Galerkin method is proposed for solving 2D fractional convection-diffusion equations containing derivatives of fractional order in space on a finite domain. The Riemann-Liouville derivative is used for the spatial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-07-12 Shuqin Wang , Jinyun Yuan , Weihua Deng , Yujiang Wu